cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg – (deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manage link aggregation groups on Cisco NXOS devices.

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 2.7.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED

Removed in: major release after 2022-06-01
Why: Updated modules released with more functionality.
Alternative: nxos_lag_interfaces

Synopsis

This module provides declarative management of link aggregation groups on Cisco NXOS devices.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate list / elements=dictionary			List of link aggregation definitions.
	force boolean	Choices: no yes	When true it forces link aggregation group members to match what is declared in the members param. This can be used to remove members.
	group string / required		Channel-group number for the port-channel Link aggregation group.
	members list / elements=string		List of interfaces that will be managed in the link aggregation group.
	min_links integer		Minimum number of ports required up before bringing up the link aggregation group.
	mode string	Choices: active on passive	Mode for the link aggregation group.
	state string	Choices: present absent	State of the link aggregation group.
force boolean		Choices: no ← yes	When true it forces link aggregation group members to match what is declared in the members param. This can be used to remove members.
group string			Channel-group number for the port-channel Link aggregation group.
members list / elements=string			List of interfaces that will be managed in the link aggregation group.
min_links integer			Minimum number of ports required up before bringing up the link aggregation group.
mode string		Choices: active on ← passive	Mode for the link aggregation group.
provider dictionary			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using `connection: httpapi` for NX-API. This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01. For more information please see the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_nxos.html. A dict object containing connection details.
	auth_pass string		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
	authorize boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
	host string		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
	password string		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
	port integer		Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
	ssh_keyfile string		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	timeout integer		Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
	transport string	Choices: cli ← nxapi	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
	use_proxy boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
	use_ssl boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to `yes` only when the `transport=nxapi`, otherwise this value is ignored.
	username string		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.
purge boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Purge links not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state string		Choices: present ← absent	State of the link aggregation group.

Notes

Note

Tested against NXOSv 7.0(3)I5(1).
Unsupported for Cisco MDS
state=absent removes the portchannel config and interface if it already exists. If members to be removed are not explicitly passed, all existing members (if any), are removed.
Members must be a list.
LACP needs to be enabled first if active/passive modes are used.
For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS Platform Options guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples

- name: create link aggregation group
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    group: 99
    state: present

- name: delete link aggregation group
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    group: 99
    state: absent

- name: set link aggregation group to members
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    group: 10
    min_links: 3
    mode: active
    members:
    - Ethernet1/2
    - Ethernet1/4

- name: remove link aggregation group from Ethernet1/2
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    group: 10
    min_links: 3
    mode: active
    members:
    - Ethernet1/4

- name: Create aggregate of linkagg definitions
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    aggregate:
    - {group: 3}
    - {group: 100, min_links: 3}

- name: Remove aggregate of linkagg definitions
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    aggregate:
    - {group: 3}
    - {group: 100, min_links: 3}
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
commands list / elements=string	always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['interface port-channel 30', 'lacp min-links 5', 'interface Ethernet2/1', 'channel-group 30 mode active', 'no interface port-channel 30']

Status

This module will be removed in a major release after 2022-06-01. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/nxos/nxos_linkagg_module.html